CVE-2008-4279

The CPU hardware emulation for 64-bit guest operating systems in VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488 and 5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000; Player 2.0.x before 2.0.5 build 109488 and 1.x before 1.0.8; Server 1.x before 1.0.7 build 108231; and ESX 2.5.4 through 3.5 allows authenticated guest OS users to gain additional guest OS privileges by triggering an exception that causes the virtual CPU to perform an indirect jump to a non-canonical address.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:vmware:esx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2008-10-06 19:54

Updated : 2023-12-10 10:51


NVD link : CVE-2008-4279

Mitre link : CVE-2008-4279

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2008-4279


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Products Affected

vmware

  • esx
  • player
  • server
  • workstation
CWE
CWE-264

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